Prayer to Saint Jude, Patron of Lost Causes

O most holy apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honoureth and invoketh thee universally, as the patron of hopeless cases, and of things almost despaired of.

Pray for me, who am so miserable. Make use, I implore thee, of that particular privilege accorded to thee, to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of.

Come to mine assistance in this great need, that I may receive the consolation and succor of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly (here make your request) and that I may praise God with thee and all the elect throughout eternity.

I promise thee, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favour, to always honour thee as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to thee.

Amen.

Calling All Prayer Warriors

I recently found out that a former neighbor of ours was diagnosed with Stage 4 colorectal cancer approximately 6 weeks ago. Two days prior to starting chemo/ radiation he had emergency surgery for a perforated bowel. He has spent five of the last 6 weeks in the hospital/ in patient rehab. On Monday, Steve is scheduled to come home. The house and medical equipment are ready to go and his wife Nancy has quit her job as Director at St Marks as he will need 24 hour care. He is not strong enough to begin treatment and we ask for your prayers for strength! Steve and Nancy have three daughters, Meghan, Lauren and Madilyn.  

Please join me in praying for this family, for all of their various needs during this trying time.  Lord hear our prayers!

Almighty God, Your ways are not our ways nor are Your thoughts our thoughts.  Give our dear friend, Steve, patience in his suffering and endurance in these difficult days.  Guide the doctors and nurses and all those who care for him by Your Spirit, that their decisions would be made in wisdom.  Surround Steve with Your comfort and the peace that passes all understanding.  Keep this loved one in faith in Christ Jesus.  Amen.  

O great St. Peregrine, you have been called "The Mighty", "The Wonder Worker" because 

of the numerous miracles which you obtained from God for those who have turned to you in

their need. For so many years, you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys

the very fiber of our being.

You turned to God when the power of human beings could do no more, and you were favored

with the vision of Jesus coming down from His cross to heal your affliction. I now ask God to

heal the sick person whom I entrust to you:

Steve E. 

Aided by your powerful intercession, I shall sing with Mary a hymn of gratitude 

to God for His great goodness and mercy. Amen.

Jesus I trust in YOU!

A Prayer for Our Country

O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, at this most critical time, we entrust the United States of America to your loving care.  

Most Holy Mother, we beg you to reclaim this land for the glory of your Son. Overwhelmed with the burden of the sins of our nation, we cry to you from the depths of our hearts and seek refuge in your motherly protection.

Look down with mercy upon us and touch the hearts of our people.  Open our minds to the great worth of human life and to the responsibilities that accompany human freedom.

Free us from the falsehoods that lead to the evil of abortion and threaten the sanctity of family life.  Grant our country the wisdom to proclaim that God's law is the foundation on which this nation was founded, and that He alone is the True Source of our cherished rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.  

O Merciful Mother, give us the courage to reject the culture of death and the strength to build a new Culture of Life.   Amen.

This prayer card stays on my desk at all times, and I try to pray it often.  Please consider praying with me.  

It was obtained from Men of the Sacred Hearts

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Happy Feast Day of St Francis of Assisi

The Peace Prayer of St. Francis

by an anonymous Norman c. 1915 A.D. Peace Prayer

Lord make me an instrument of your peace

Where there is hatred,

Let me sow love;

Where there is injury, pardon;

Where there is error, truth;

Where there is doubt, faith;

Where there is despair, hope;

Where there is darkness, light;

And where there is sadness, Joy.

O Divine Master grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled

As to console;

To be understood,as to understand;

To be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive,

It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

Innocence by Bouguereau 1893

Prayer to Mary, Mother of God

Holy Mary, Mother of God,

you have given the world its true light,

Jesus, your Son - the Son of God. 

You abandoned yourself completely

to God's call

and thus became a wellspring

of the goodness which flows forth from him. 

Show us Jesus.  Lead us to him. 

Teach us to know and love him, 

so that we too can become 

capable of true love

and be fountains of living water

in the midst of a thirsting world.  

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

God Is Love

Prayer to Our Lady of Perpetual Help for Financial Aid

Realizing, dear Mother Mary,

that thou art our Perpetual Help not only in spiritual

but likewise in temporal necessities,

we approach thee with submissive and humble hearts,

because we have a child-like confidence in thy power and goodness,

beseeching thee to assist us in our present financial worry.

Owing to untoward circumstances which have arisen in our lives,

we are in dire want, being unable to meet our honest debts.

We are not asking, dearest Mother for wealth,

if possession of it is not in accordance with the holy will of God;

we merely beg for that assistance which will enable us

to satisfy our pressing obligations.

We believe, dear Mother,

that thou art the Queen of heaven and earth,

and, as such,

the instrument and special dispensation of thy Son Jesus Christ;

that thou hast acquired by virtue of thy wonderful dignity,

a sweet jurisdiction over all creation.

We believe that thou art not only rich and bountiful,

but extremely kind and generous to all thy loving children.

We plead with thee then, dear Mother,

to obtain for us the help we so urgently need in our present financial difficulty.

We thank thee, dear Lady and promise to publish far and wide,

the marvels of thy glorious Picture.

Amen

I'll be at the St Thomas More Church Vendor Fair July 27 & 28 selling rosaries and chaplets by The Rosary Lady. Be sure to stop in and say hello!

St Thomas More Gift Shop Quebec and County Line. New summer hours please stop by. All day Saturday 9 am - 7 pm. Don't miss our vendor fair July 27 & 28 after 4 and 5:30 masses on Saturday. Sunday after all morning masses. Free doughnuts Sunday.

Mornings with Mary ~ Eastertide Beauty

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Linking up with recuerda mi corazon.

Mornings with Mary ~ Week 2

Last week I was watching a movie about Blessed John Paul II and this image scrolled across the screen.  I had to pause the movie, grab my iPhone and snap a photo of it.  I was enthralled.  I had no idea who created this lovely image, or where I could find out more.  

This is the image panned out.  Finally it dawned on me to Google "Par Marie A Jesus", which means "Through Mary to Jesus".

I came across this website where you can see all of the other beautiful images of The Basilica of the Rosary.  

It really is a site to behold.  

Mother Mary and Her rosary call to me, even when I least expect it.  

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Please visit Rebecca at recuerda mi corazon for more Mornings with Mary.  

Mornings with Mary

 

Rebecca has invited me to join in another of her Mary memes, Mornings with Mary.  Each Monday morning, we shall post and link our Marys. 

 

I personally can never get enough of the Blessed Virgin, so I always relish joining in and visiting Her at others' pages. 

 

 

 

 

 

This statue is in the bay window of my office/workshop.  The Blessed Mother is always at my side, but I feel her most when I am designing and making rosaries. 

 

 

Thank you Mary, for being there for me.

 

 

Thank you Rebecca for the invite! 

 

 

Visit recuerda mi corazon for more Mornings with Mary.